Lightpainter Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Hi there, so I finally was able to finish the Lukgraph Hawker Nimrod MK I. And what a job it was… I dropped it halfway through, I learned the hard way that 3D printed parts do not flex, they are hard but brittle so either they break or become unstuck. Oh, and good as they are 3D printed parts have ridges, so even if it does not show directly, under paint and especially metal paint it will show! So take your time in cleaning them up. I like to dabble in scratch building the small parts, especially replacing PE parts and 3D printed parts and stepping up to 1/32 scale made that even more possible. So, I did my best but remember this was my first 1/32 scale kit in decades and a resin biplane at that what was I thinking. The Valeyo metal paint gave a nice finish but even by looking at it, it scratched… I could not get MRP when I needed it so tried the Valeyo but I like MRP a lot more. And it is a wonder I even was able to make the photographs, yesterday evening I dropped a bottle of Tamiya black lacquer paint. It covered everything, tweezers, brushes my worktable and splashed under and around the model but no drop on the model itself. Sometimes you need a bit of luck. Euh cleaning everything up was not fun… It is a great model but complex so it takes time to build but I thoroughly enjoyed it. So here it is, hope you like it. Pfuf, mozart, Lenny320 and 37 others 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Fantastic rendition, and a marvellous advertisement for the kit, looking forward to your next 1/32 model... Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 It sure came out looking awesome! Great work Matt Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks for the warning Glijn, both for how brittle the bits are and the amount of time it will take. You have made a really fantastic job of it, the finish is excellent. Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Fantastic rendition, and a marvellous advertisement for the kit, looking forward to your next 1/32 model... Thanks! I am still undecided for my next model MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: It sure came out looking awesome! Great work Matt Thanks scvrobeson and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 59 minutes ago, mozart said: Thanks for the warning Glijn, both for how brittle the bits are and the amount of time it will take. You have made a really fantastic job of it, the finish is excellent. Thank you Max MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 An absolute work of art! Really love what you have done...amazing Lightpainter and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Wow, that is utterly fantastic! Congratulations on a fine model. Kev Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Beautiful job! May I post it on the website? Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 That's a good looking build, thanks for sharing. Rod Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Beautiful build plus a nice and clean paintjob! Lightpainter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 8 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: Beautiful job! May I post it on the website? Of course you may do that I would be honoured MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 10 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: An absolute work of art! Really love what you have done...amazing Thank you for your kind words, I tried to bring the best out of the kit! MARU5137 and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 9 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Wow, that is utterly fantastic! Congratulations on a fine model. Kev Thank you MARU5137 and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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